A pastor who believes that God is sovereign over all things will lead his people to be a death-defying

missional people.

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Our sovereign God holds the destiny of the world in the palm of his hand, and therefore

his shepherd should lead their people to pray confidently, give

sacrifices, go intentionally, and even die willingly for the spread of the

gospel message to those who have never heard.

Here's David Platt with a sermon originally preached at Together for the Gospel 2012

titled Divine Sovereignty, the Fuel of Death Defying Missions from Revelation Chapter 5.

I am honored and humbled to be with you tonight. I know that I am the least deserving

pastor in this room to be standing here at this moment. I have one overarching truth that I want to

communicate as clearly and as biblically as possible. One overarching truth. Here it is. A high view of God's sovereignty fuels death-defying devotion to global missions.

A high view of God's sovereignty fuels death-defying devotion to global missions.

Maybe another way to put it.

People, and more specifically tonight, pastors who believe that God is sovereign over all things

will lead Christians to die for the sake of all peoples.

Pastors who believe that God is sovereign over all things will lead Christians to die for the sake of all peoples.

I want to show you this in Revelation Chapter 5, so if you have a Bible, I hope you do, I invite you to turn with me there.

As you are turning, I want to be clear about a few underlying premises behind what I am saying tonight. Hopefully putting these on the

table from the start will clarify where we're going, maybe even disarm you a bit from objections that may already be rising in your mind

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